Speciesism is a system of
oppression where humans have placed themselves above other species, to the point where members of other species are excluded from moral consideration. For a speciesist, other
animals are devoid of their intrinsic value and only have value for what they can be exploited for:
food, clothing, as pets, reselling value, forced labor, entertainment, a role in the ecosystem, vivisection, etc? Philosophers and
animal rights advocates state that
speciesism plays a role in the practice of factory farming, animal slaughter, blood sports (such as bullfighting and rodeos), the taking of
animals'
fur and skin, and experimentation on
animals. Therefore, anti-
speciesism seeks
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speciesism in whatever form and create a world that recognizes and respects the interests and moral rights of other
animals.
Green anarchism is an anarchist school of thought that puts a particular emphasis on
environmental issues and that aims to bring about an environmentally
sustainable anarchist
society. Important early influences were Henry David Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy, and
Élisée Reclus. Important contemporary currents include anarcho-naturism as the fusion of
anarchism and naturist philosophies, anarcho-
primitivism which offers a critique of technology and argues that
anarchism is best suited to uncivilized ways of life; eco-
anarchism which combines older trends of
primitivism as well as bioregional
democracy, eco-
feminism, intentional community,
pacifism and secession that distinguish it from the more
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green anarchism; green
syndicalism, a green anarchist political stance made up of anarcho-
syndicalist views, social
ecology which argues that the hierarchical domination of
nature by
human stems from the hierarchical domination of
human by
human.
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